The prosecutor demanded to hang the ex-president of Egypt Mubarak and his sons

The main prosecutor on the trial in the Cairo in the case of the execution of demonstrators in the days of the January revolution in Egypt 2011 officially demanded to pass the death sentence to the former President of the country Hosni Mubaraku and other accused in the process, including the sons of Mubarak Gamal and Alya and the ex-head of the country's Ministry of Internal Affairs, Khabib al-Adley.

As the prosecutor Mustafa Suleiman stated at a meeting on Thursday, “the accusation requires the maximum punishment to apply to Mubarak and the rest of the accused - the death penalty,” ITAR -TASS reports.

Earlier on Thursday, representatives of the Prosecutor General’s Office said that "even if Mubarak did not give an order for the execution of the protesters, he was assigned all the fullness of responsibility for what happened, which means that he must be punished."

According to Suleiman, who previously called Mubarak Tiran, the former president bears both political and legal responsibility for the death of hundreds of opposition manifestants. “As a head of state, he cannot say that he did not know about what was happening in Egypt,” Suleiman said. According to him, even if the advisers supplied the head of state with false information, he could simply turn on the TV.

The media do not report how the seriously ill former president reacted to this, but in the courtroom these words were met by applause, NEWSRU Israel notes. The next, 17 court session is scheduled for January 9.

The process against the former President of Egypt resumed on January 2. The hearing was suspended two months ago, when the lawyers of the defendant filed a petition for the replacement of the judge Ahmed Refat, who was entrusted with the consideration of the Mubarak case. However, the court decided that the lawyers of the overthrown president had no reason to seek the change of judge.

Hosni Mubarak was forced to resign on February 11, 2011 against the backdrop of ongoing popular unrest, economic decline and collapse in the security system. But before this happened, during clashes with the police, 850 activists died and more than 6 thousand were injured.

Now Mubarak is judged on charges that he ordered to shoot peaceful demonstrators during the anti -government actions that put an end to his rule.

The court decided to combine the cases of Mubarak, his sons Gamal and Alaa, as well as the former head of the Habib Adley Ministry of Internal Affairs, since they are all accused of involvement in anti -government demonstrators, as well as corruption. All defendants, including the ex-president, deny the accusations.